Students

Inspiring our next generation

Our company and 28,000 customers is a global community of parents, innovators, and philanthropist who are committed to helping children become great thinkers and innovators. We achieve this mission by providing world-class student programs in robotics, aerospace, and other STEM fields.

FIRST

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) was founded in 1989 to inspire young people's interest and participation in science and technology. Based in Manchester, NH, the 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit public charity designs accessible, innovative programs that motivate young people to pursue education and career opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math, while building self-confidence, knowledge, and life skills.

Through the sponsorship of FIRST, PTC is donating software (PTC Creo, PTC Mathcad and PTC Windchill) to all FTC and FRC teams. In addition, we are providing funding to sponsor teams for all FIRST programs, sponsor events and scholarships, and have over 300 employee volunteers worldwide!

Real World Design Challenge

The Real World Design Challenge (RWDC) is an annual competition that provides high school students, grades 9-12, the opportunity to work on real world engineering challenges in a team environment. Each year, student teams will be asked to address a challenge that confronts our nation's leading industries. Students will utilize professional engineering software to develop their solutions and will also generate presentations that convincingly demonstrate the value of their solutions. The RWDC provides students with opportunities to apply the lessons of the classroom to the technical problems that are being faced in the workplace.

STARBASE

DoD STARBASE is a premier educational program, sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs. At DoD STARBASE students participate in challenging "hands-on, mind-on" activities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM).

The program engages students through the inquiry-based curriculum with its "hands-on, mind-on" experiential activities. They study Newton's Laws and Bernoulli's principle; explore nanotechnology, navigation and mapping. They are captivated by engineering as they use the computer to design space stations, all-terrain vehicles, and submersibles.

Scalextric 4 Schools

Scalextric 4 Schools is an exciting curriculum project for schools where students design, build and race their very own Scalextric cars. The comprehensive STEM curriculum has been developed by PTC in partnership with Scalextric and Root Solutions.

Students are shown how to research existing products and encouraged to come up with their own ideas. Also we show students how to use laser cutters for creating the chassis and NC router/mills to make molds for vacuum forming the body.

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